Tag: #career

Initiative

Leaders must show initiative.  They most always look for opportunities and be ready to take action.
There are four qualities that leaders possess and these qualities enable them to make things happen.

1. They know what they want: If you are going to be an effective leader,  you’ve got to know what you want. That’s the only way you’ll recognize opportunity when it comes.
2. They push themselves to act: Initiators do not wait for other people to motivate them.
3. They take more risks: Proactive people always take risks. One of the reasons good leaders are willing to take risks is that they recognize there is a price for not initiating too.
4. They make more mistakes: The good thing about initiators is that they make things happen.  Even though initiating leaders experience more failure,  they don’t let it bother them.

Are you an initiator? Are you constantly on the lookout for opportunity,  or do you just wait for it to come to you?

“Even the right desicion is the wrong desicion if it is made too late.”

Former Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca

To Be Compassionate, Be Present

Your undivided attention makes communication easier.
Warmth,  trust, power, and passion cannot happen without presence.
Your spirit can’t fake passion.  Your voice and body will alert the world.

To be compassionate,  be present.  Be with the person you are talking to, not just physically but mindfully. 

Compassion says “I care.”

When you are not fully present, even if you try your best to pretend you are, it shows. There is really no way to hide it. When your mind is elsewhere and you are mulling over your to do list while feigning attentiveness to the person who is speaking to you, your facial expressions will be slightly delayed. Even though you are looking directly into the eyes of the other person,  your eyes might even glaze over.

*If you want to be effective in your communication,  be the person who is present*

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

You are capable of far more than you know

Confidence leads to action and action leads to to greater confidence. Making smart decisions up front makes the path smoother overall. Bold moves leads to stellar destinations. We as women have a tendency to underestimate our own potential. You are capable far more than you know. You have to believe that. Stop underestimating yourself. When you do, you will begin communicating your openness to a better life. In your relationships,  your career, finances and even your health. Your faith will expand and so will your success.

“The most successful people make wise decisions early in life and manage those decisions for the rest of their lives.” I will never forget the first time I heard this from expert John Maxwell and it stuck with me. Whether in your relationships, career, financial abilities,  health and fitness habits or spiritual journey,  starting strong makes the rest of your path easier. your internal beliefs about yourself directly influence your external success.

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

A Daily Reminder

One of the most powerful things you can do is be truthful about where you are and how you feel. Being unwilling to face the uncomfortable parts of your life will lead to stagnation.  If you are feeling stuck or beating your head against a wall, ask yourself: what am I avoiding or resisting? What situation am I hiding from? What am I sweeping under the rug? What issues from my past am I unwilling to face? It takes courage to unmask the hidden parts of your soul. It takes faith to lay bare the broken pieces of your heart, but liberation is the reward for exposing the dark, covered parts of your life. Be brave enough to be honest with yourself.  Lies will stunt your growth.  The truth is the only thing that has the power to set you free.

Start Small But BELIEVE Big

I hope you understand that we can’t get anywhere in life without taking that first small step. Sometimes the step is HARD; other times it’s easy. But no matter what you have to do it if you want to achieve big things.

You never know when something small that you do for others is going to expand into something big.

The thing here is that you need to start where you are. Opportunity is always where you are. Be willing to start by giving of yourself.

Start with your one thing. I believe everybody has one thing they do better than anything else. When you start on your one thing it will lead you to where you want to be.

Start watching your words. Words kill, words give life; they are either poison or fruit, you choose. What we say to ourselves either encourages us or discourages us. The words we need to embrace are positive, words such as, we, can, will, and yes. What do we need to eliminate? Me, can’t, won’t and no. Words have power. What kind of words do you use in your mind as you talk to yourself, out loud as you speak with others, and in your writing? Are they positive and encouraging? Do they encourage you to embrace a bigger vision? Or are they holding you back? Are they preventing you from doing small things that can ultimately make a big difference? Don’t tell yourself that what you can do doesn’t matter. It does.

Start by making small changes. Change can be difficult, but it becomes easier when you do it a little at a time. Try to change 5% a day by asking yourself a question, If I were 5 % more responsible today, what would I be able to do? This kind of thinking help us to embrace incremental change.

Believe big. If you don’t believe you can do something, guess what? You won’t. No matter how talented you are, how many opportunities you receive or how many resources you have at your fingertips. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE .

🤚 Do you believe in yourself? Your belief will drive your behavior. You will never be more than how you see yourself. 🤚

God Bless,

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

People Quit People, Not Companies

How many have ever quit their job because of a bad leader or a bad relationship at work?


As a leader, we’d like to think that when people leave , it has little to do with us. But the reality is that we are often the reason. People usually quit their leaders. The “Company” doesn’t do anything negative to them. People do.

What kind of people do employees quit?

  1. People quit people who devalue them. It is impossible to add value to someone we devalue!. If we do not respect someone, we can’t treat them with respect. When leaders devalue their people they start to manipulate them.
  2. People quit people who are untrustworthy. Have you ever worked with people you couldn’t trust? It’s a terrible experience. Nobody likes to work with someone that they can’t rely on.
  3. People quit people who are incompetent. When leaders are incompetent, they become a distraction to the team. They waste people’s energy. They prevent people from keeping the main thing, the main thing.
  4. People quit people who are insecure. If the leader values people, possesses integrity, and displays competence, then people will be content to follow, right? No, even if leaders posses those three qualities, there still one characteristic that will drive people away from them. INSECURITY. Some insecure leaders are easy to spot. Their desire for power, position and recognition comes out in an obvious display of fear, suspicion, distrust or jealousy.

No matter how good of a leader you are, you will ocacionally lose people. That’s simply a part of leadership. However, you can do things to make yourself the kind of leader that other people wants to follow.

🤚 Contact me and I can help.

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

How Do You Know A Relationship Is Broken and How Can You Save It?

How can you tell a relationship has become broken? These are the most common signs:

1. It’s hard to have an honest conversation. When relationships are in trouble, it becomes difficult to have a normal, honest conversation.

2. There is a lack of trust. When relationships begin to break down , suspicion creeps in.

3. There’s lack of passion to continue the relationship. Eventually the other person stops putting in any effort to build back the relationship or make it work.

When you see these signs you should try to repair the relationship.

1. Initiate fixing the relationship with them.

2. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

3. Be willing to walk the second mile.

4. Speak well of them afterward.

A lot of relationships are worth saving, but many can’t be saved. We have to be realistic about the relationship and do our best, but sometimes we have to accept that it can’t be saved. We have to learn to say to ourselves, It’s OK. I don’t need to keep this close relationship with this person anymore. Still value the person and let them go.

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent

Los líderes no pueden devaluarte sin tu permiso. Tienes valor. Cada persona lo tiene. Tienes talentos y habilidades que pueden agregar valor a los demás. Tienes recursos y oportunidades que nadie más tienen. La Primera Dama Michelle Obama explicó: “Una de las lecciones con las que crecí fue siempre ser fiel a uno mismo y nunca dejar que lo que digan los demás lo distraiga de sus objetivos. Cuando escucho sobre ataques negativos y falsos, realmente no invierto cualquier energía en ellos, porque sé quién soy”. Si sabe quién es y adopta un enfoque proactivo de la vida, es menos probable que te sientas como una víctima. No puedes hacer todo, pero puedes hacer algunas cosas. No puedes evitar que los demás te traten mal, pero puedes decidir cómo responder.

Leaders cannot devalue you without your permission. You have value. Every person does. You have talents and skills that can add value to others. You have resources and opportunities that no-one else has.

First Lady Michelle Obama explained: “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.”

If you know who you are and you take a proactive approach to life, you are less likely to feel like a victim. You can’t do everything but you can do some things. You can’t prevent others from treating you poorly, but you can decide how to respond.

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

I Speak Three Languages, Body, Spanish and English

Your body language just doesn’t just affect how other see you. It affects how you see yourself.

Small tweaks in your posture and appearance can mean big changes in your love life, your career, and your bank account.

Becoming more attractive is easier and less superficial than you think.

According to multiple studies, positive emotion expands your ability to deal with adversity and stress. It broadens your scope of thinking, meaning that you make better decisions after experiencing a boost of positive emotion.

You are also more likely to engage in healthy behaviors such as exercise. Those who experience more positive emotion over time are more likely to get promoted, obtain a raise, and find themselves in a strong , lasting marriage.

Understanding the power of your body language is about much more than controlling your image and how other people feel about you. It is also controlling how you feel about you and what you think. What you think is what you become.

Appearance is a language of its own. And like any other language, you must learn to speak it well in order to communicate successfully.

Our brains are always on the lookout for cues. Is this person trustworthy? Are they credible? Are they out to get me? Should I spend the finite amount of time I have on my calendar with them? Should I invest my resources here? To answer those questions, we must begin somewhere. And the easiest place to start is with what we see.

As much as we’d like to believe that looks don’t matter , they do. Putting effort into your appearance yields results that influence people’s decisions about you.

APPEARANCE CAN BUILD YOUR CREDIBILITY OR DISMANTLE IT.

When trying to influence others, consider whether your appearance builds a bridge to your goal or a detour from it.

What story your appearance tell about you? Since we are talking about how successful women speak differently, it is a reasonable question to ask: “What exactly does your appearance speak of you?”

Your appearance is a form of communication. So ask yourself. What does my appearance communicate to those around me, at work, in social settings, at church, and in my community? Is that the message I want to communicate, or is it time for some tweaks and changes?

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach

Kkoaching Business And Leadership

Sometimes you have to fail miserably to be forced onto the right path. Sometimes an intense struggle isn’t God’s way of teaching you something,  but rather God’s way of telling you that you are moving in the wrong direction.  Rather than forcing something that doesn’t fit or beating yourself up because you are not good enough, why not ask this question? Is it possible that there is a better path for me? One that aligns with my unique gifts and strengths? And if so, what is it? You must find the right place for you.  Whether in your career or relationships, the place that looks impressive to everyone else may not be the right place for you. A good place is not the same as the right place. If you are moving in the wrong direction,  be humble and willing to change the course. In what ways are you forcing something to happen that simply is not a good fit? In what ways does pride or caring too much about what other think  keep you moving in a direction that is not meant for you? What new direction might it be time to embrace?

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach